The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-26
PERSONAL pickiNGS
Bret Hsr,e has decided 10 take up sabods
permanently in a suburb Of london

Edwin Booth keeps up his habit OF smoking
from one 10 two dozen cigars per day.
Fmperor William has arrived at Berlin
from Baden Baden He il enjoying good
health
Charles Dickens SAYS that the pictures OF
American life painted by his father have be-
come sniiqua'ed.
Wavne MacVeagh never talks politics and
Invariably excuses himself on the ground that
he is dcvoting himself entirely 20 his law
practice.
Mr. Henry Irving j. in favor Of municipal
theatres lie declares it to be his belief that
well conducted theatre Is as necessary rs a
free library
Ex-Assisiant Secretary Of the Treasury
Charlie. r. Coon Is in Europe engaged in
eleat financial transactions in which millions
are involved.
The king Of Corea furnished his winter
palace with $1,000 worth of American chairs,
beds and tables. He also bought an American
steamer for $4,000
Col Thomas Porterhousc Ochflfree is will
inc 10 confess that he made money recently
in Wall street, but Saws the amount was not
sl0orod. A. reported.
Gen. Lew Wallace, while in Constantinope,
became n personal friend Of the present sui
tan. and communication between them has
been kept up ever since.
William Walter Phelps Is rs fond OF arts
tie necktie-- a. Gen. Hustled or the late Emery
Storrs. and be finds great delight in stroiiing
by the haherdashcrs windows.
The Duke aud Duchess Of Montrose, accom-
panied by the Dow,ger Duchess. known for
her devotion 70 the race course, started for
India al the close of the racing season in Eng
land
There is no truth in the story that Tolstoi,
the great Russian novelist. is ont Of bis mind.
\ Russian Journalist, who has just paid him
visit describes him as perfectly healthy
aud perfectly sane.
w. Greyy. president of the French Repnb-
lie. en- JOYS smoking pipe, and does 50 when
over he can without offending decorum lie
is a man Of very simple habits, and rises and
retires at an early hour
John Il. Tucker, Of Virginia. one Of tbs
counsel for the condemned Anarchists of
Chicago is great buttcrnilk drinker He
thinks 10 is the best beverage in the world for
as while making q speech
Henry W. Grady. of The Atlanta Constitu-
ton. is a bird tancier lie has had eighteen
pairs Of pigeons shipped him from Utica,
y y. There are pigeons of all sorts up in
Utica, and some OF the other sort ought 10 be
slipped too
Walter Besants effort 10 raise $4,000 TO
build Dickens memorial in London brings
80 mind The fact that the great novelist ia his
VIII emphatically disapprovcd Of any such
act on the part Of his admirers. he believed
that his works were a sufficient monument to
his memory.
M John Jacob Astor's gastric fever issaid
20 have been brought on by eating apple
dumplings There is # 5000 year chef in
the house. but Mrs. Aston prefers old fash
ioned New England cooking and has it pro
pared by an old negro woman employed for
that purpose
Valid Aid, the dead King of Oudh, was
poet, whose rcnown extends from the Hima-
lavas TO Cape Comorin for his love songs
have obtained an immense popularity
throughout India His majesty received
pension OF scp0DO a year from the Indian
government. which viii be- continued 20 his
heirs
Chamccy NJ. Depcw arranges his dinner
engagements Just the same a. a route agent
for a theatrical combination maps out his
dates tie has a book ia which are noted in
one column the daY and date, ia another is
acceptance or declination and in the third the
topir he Is 10 talk Oh. Private Secretary
Duvol has charge Of this diary He is kept
busy booking dates just now
DR. ". seward Webb. the son-in-law Of
W II Vanderbilt and president Of the Cen
trails sleeping car service, is large land
holder in Vermont where he has just been
indicted for a breach of the local driving
laws He has q two mile patch OF the Lake
Champlain coast below Burlington, and hopes
10 establish fashionable colony. He is 50
popular there that his indictment is a surprise
King Hunberi, Of Italy, often causes an
uoyance and embarrassment by taking a
fancy fo any little novelty which he may See
in the hand, 81 any of his courtiers No mat
t.i what IL is--a cane of rare wood, a jewel
set ia some curiou, way, or fantastic watch
Iii, ma icsi, will show such an intense de
sir Ia possess If that finally the object is
offered him. and II is always replaced by a
present ~ double or triple It's value